Take a tour of the new features in Java SE 8, the platform designed to support faster and easier Java development. Learn about Project Lambda, a new syntax to support lambda expressions in Java code; the new Stream API for processing collections and managing parallel processing;

the DateTime API for representing, managing and calculating date and time values; and Nashorn, a new engine to better support the use of javascript code with the Java Virtual Machine. Author David Gassner also covers some lesser-known features such as new methods for joining strings into lists.

Topics include:* Installing Java SE 8* Working with lambda expressions and method references* Traversing collections with streams* Calculating timespans with the new DateTime API* Running javascript from Java with Nashorn